Learn before your visit!Galena Creek Bird Checklist
Galena Creek Mammal List Galena Creek Fish, Reptiles, and Amphibians List Galena Creek Plant List Keep yours eyes and ears open and you can find some cool stuff in the park!
Snow plant
(Sarcodes sanguinea) Family: Monotropaceae Nativity: Native (CA,NV,OR) Duration: Perennial Growth Form: Flower Flowering Season: April - July Description: Come early spring Snow Plants push through the snow cover in the upper mountain forests. Due to lack of green leaves Snow Plants do not photosynthesize, instead they absorbs nutrients from the surrounding decaying organic matter. Habitat: Coniferous, Mixed-deciduous Forest Elevation: 3600-9800 ft. (1100-3000 m) Height: 6 - 12 in. Flowers: Glandular-hairy, Red Bracts |
A rare sighting of a Northern Pygmy Owl, October 2010.
Jones Creek in Galena Creek Recreation Area. Photo courtesy of Steve Ting.
Northern Pygmy Owl
(Glaucidium californicum) Range: Western North America, from northern British Columbia south to northern Mexico; patchy distribution in mountains and forests Habitat: They can be found in forests, wetlands, or grasslands but are most common in open, coniferous forests Diet: These birds are carnivores and eat small mammals, birds, insects, and reptiles, attacking their prey from the sky Behavior: Pygmy Owls are diurnal and also active at dawn and dusk. The males can be heard calling from the tops of conifer trees, but are hardly seen because of their size and coloration. |
